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Taxonomy and classification

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Binomial means:

a)

Two species

b)

Two genus

c)

two names

2.

The first word in the scientific name is the:

a)

Genus

b)

Species

c)

None of the above

3.

The second word in the scientific name is the :

a)

Genus

b)

Family

c)

Species

4.

________ is the branch of biology which deals with classifying and naming of organism

a)

Taxonomy

b)

Biology

c)

Grouping

5.

Long time ago organisms used to be classified in wrong categories.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The first letter of the scientific name goes with lower case letter and it’s always italicized.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

There are seven levels of classification:

a)

True

b)

False

8.

A ________ consists of animals that can mate and produce fertile offspring.

a)

kingdom

b)

Family

c)

Species

9.

The language used in scientific names is Latin because:

a)

Latin sounds fancy

b)

Latin keeps changing

c)

Latin is a stable language

10.

A _______is a tool that identifies organisms. It uses a series of two part questions.

a)

Binomial nomenclature

b)

Taxonomy

c)

Dichotomous keys

11.

What’s the name of the first organism?

a)

Alienus quadiegicus

b)

Alienus fuzzius

c)

Alienus tritoothius

d)

None of the above